The Sensemakers Club is a community-powered education space where curious people come to grow without performing or pretending to have it all figured out.
Are you a sensemaker?
A sensemaker is someone who helps people understand complex, messy, or ambiguous situations and turn that understanding into better decisions and action.
It’s not a job title.
It’s a role someone plays when clarity is needed. Some people make sense for a season, and some of us are professionals and hobbyists.
You might be a sensemaker if you...
- Translate between teams
- Fix structural issues no one else sees
- Clock patterns others don’t
- Care deeply about clarity and inclusion
- Question what’s next
- Maintain systems that prevent chaos
- Document what others skip
This week at the club
We are on our end of season break this week! No sessions are scheduled. Season 2 starts next week!
Browse our discussion groups or check out our full calendar.
2 PM ET Making Sense of Content + Design
Hosted by Gladys Diandoki & Janine Griffin
This intersectional group explores the intricate relationship between content and design, emphasizing their essential collaboration in creating effective outputs.
2 PM ET Mindfulness & Modeling
Hosted by Joe Elmendorf
This thoughtful group explores the parallels between mindfulness and modeling, emphasizing the integration of mind and body, the significance of presence over outcomes, and the patterns that help us remember what matters.
2 PM ET Knowledge Management & Governance
Hosted by Dina Bennett & Jane Leuchter
This lively group focuses on collaborative efforts in knowledge management and governance, bringing together individuals tackling complex documentation and change proposals.
12 PM ET Diagram Critique
Hosted by Abby Covert
[INFERRED] Bring a diagram you’re working on and get constructive feedback from fellow sensemakers on clarity, structure, and storytelling.
2 PM ET Career Transitions
Hosted by Kate Murphy & Alison Gretz
This supportive group focuses on navigating the challenges and opportunities of career transitions, whether you're changing roles, industries, or re-entering the workforce.
2 PM ET Information Architecture
Hosted by Abby Covert
A steady group focused on a monthly theme in information architecture.
What’s going on?
Week of November 2, 2026
Abby Covert
Chief Sensemaker
Last week we celebrated Makesensemess with a week-long agenda of sessions about Placemaking in Sensemaking. Monday we started by talking about Liminal Spaces. Tuesday we hosted an experimental sound bath and virtual scream room. And Wednesday we had a member give a talk called “Information has Geography”. Then Friday was our annual celebration of sensemaking featuring keynotes from Dan Klyn, Abby Covert and Joe Elmendorf.
Themes from last week:
- What belongs here, and who decides?
- How can we make good places with so much reality breathing down our neck?
- Can we do analog sensemaking digitally?
Gaps between our capability and our confidence create discomfort.
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